Juniata Limestone Co. v. Fagley

Citations

• 187 Pa. 193
• 40 A. 977
• 1898 Pa. LEXIS 789

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law — Taxation—Aliens—Act of June 15, 1897.</p> <p>The Act of June 15, 1897, P. L. 166, entitled “An act regulating the employment of foreign born, unnaturalized male persons over twenty-one years of age, and imposing a tax on the employers of such persons,” etc., is unconstitutional, because it offends against tire 14th amendment to the constitution of the United States, and also against section 1 of article 9 of the constitution of Pennsylvania, which provides that “ all taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of subjects,” etc.</p>